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You are here: Home / Elections / Election 2008 / Tomorrow’s Clinton Commercial Today

Tomorrow’s Clinton Commercial Today

by John Cole|  April 17, 20089:10 am| 25 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008, Democratic Stupidity, I Read These Morons So You Don't Have To

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Via the Powerline:

Hamas Endorses Obama

On Sunday, Aaron Klein and John Batchelor interviewed Ahmed Yousef, chief political adviser to the Prime Minister of Hamas, on WABC radio. The interview produced a scoop which, for some reason, has not been widely publicized: Hamas has endorsed Barack Obama for President. Yousef said, “We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election.” Why? “He has a vision to change America.” Maybe Yousef has some insight into what Obama means by all these vague references to “change.”

And who can blame her if she does run with this? I mean, after all, Rush Limbaugh is gonna ask this question in the fall, so we better get it out there right now. AMIRITE?

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  1. 1.

    4tehlulz

    April 17, 2008 at 9:12 am

    It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

  2. 2.

    calipygian

    April 17, 2008 at 9:15 am

    Last time I checked, its almost like the Bush Administration WANTED Hamas in office because of the way they practically forced the Palestinian Authority to hold elections before they were ready, and were shocked, Shocked, SHOCKED! when Hamas ended up being the legitimately elected government of the Palestinian Authority.

    Bush and the Republicans have no one but their own hackery in their State Department to blame for mis-underestimating the support that Hamas had in the Territories. Their policy was to plug their ears with their fingers, shout “La, la, la, I can’t hear you,” and then pray that Thomas Jefferson was elected.

  3. 3.

    cleek

    April 17, 2008 at 9:18 am

    i agree with Powerline: of course the opinions of terrorists should influence our elections!

  4. 4.

    Zifnab

    April 17, 2008 at 9:21 am

    On Sunday, Aaron Klein and John Batchelor interviewed Ahmed Yousef, chief political adviser to the Prime Minister of Hamas, on WABC radio.

    OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG! AARON KLEIN AND JOHN BATCHELOR ARE TALKING TO TERRORISTS!@!! THE MEDIA IS CONSPIRING TO SUICIDE BOMB AMERICA WITH LIES!!!

    Oh, wait, what? Hit job on Obama? Ok, in that case I’m glad they were over there to gain such powerful insight into the minds of our enemies so that we can decided on the Republican Nominee in the fall.

    But more than anything, I need to know, was Prime Minister Yousef wearing his Hamas Lapel Pin?

  5. 5.

    Svensker

    April 17, 2008 at 9:21 am

    Look, if a Bogey Man likes Obama, then obviously Obama = Bogey Man.

    That’s Karl Rove’s math and the Repubs are stickin’ by it.

  6. 6.

    PeterJ

    April 17, 2008 at 9:22 am

    i agree with Powerline: of course the opinions of terrorists should influence our elections!

    Also, don’t forget, they should only be allowed to influence elections.
    They should not be allowed to influence foreign policy, especially not in the Middle East.

  7. 7.

    El Cid

    April 17, 2008 at 9:38 am

    I’m sure they were just appreciative of the Obama / Ayers’ campaign promise to bomb all university math buildings in the 1970s.

  8. 8.

    Jen

    April 17, 2008 at 9:46 am

    I need my tax refund advance now. I am in need of pharmaceuticals. Plus, the self-inflicted head wounds I got during the debate probably require antibiotics. I cannot do this alone. I will not make it.

  9. 9.

    AkaDad

    April 17, 2008 at 10:02 am

    Hillary is an associate of George Bush, who admitted to authorizing war crimes. Therefore, Hillary is a supporter of war crimes.

  10. 10.

    SmilingPolitely

    April 17, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Osama Bin Laden is said to be fond of orange juice, too…

  11. 11.

    miltonian

    April 17, 2008 at 10:05 am

    why is the tag “Democratic Stupidity”, did Obama request this endorsement?

  12. 12.

    miltonian

    April 17, 2008 at 10:09 am

    at least wait until (if) does it …

  13. 13.

    srv

    April 17, 2008 at 10:10 am

    Funny how conservatives always let terrorists make their decisions for them.

  14. 14.

    Zifnab

    April 17, 2008 at 10:11 am

    why is the tag “Democratic Stupidity”, did Obama request this endorsement?

    I think he’s pre-empting the inevitable stupid Clinton response. Given that she hasn’t Lieberman’d out on us yet, she’s still a Democrat. Given that her MO is so pathetically predictable, she’s still stupid. Hence the tag.

  15. 15.

    b. hussein canuckistani

    April 17, 2008 at 10:12 am

    Funny how conservatives fall for reverse psychology that wouldn’t fool a normal six-year old.

  16. 16.

    jnfr

    April 17, 2008 at 10:17 am

    /em hands Jen the good drugs.

    We’d better share.

  17. 17.

    Soylent Green

    April 17, 2008 at 10:22 am

    With his sensible policies and competent management, Obama will put al-Qaeda’s accounting practices in order, and will do the same for Hamas. No wonder they endorsed him.

  18. 18.

    Cain

    April 17, 2008 at 10:22 am

    Osama Bin Laden is said to be fond of orange juice, too…

    ZOMG! *I* am fond of orange juice! Does this makes me presidential material?!

    cain

  19. 19.

    The Moar You Know

    April 17, 2008 at 10:33 am

    What’s sad is that Hamas, who benefits from GOP rule, seems to have a better grasp on how to manipulate our political system than most of us do.

  20. 20.

    Dennis - SGMM

    April 17, 2008 at 10:47 am

    Would that be the same Hamas whose civil arm provided food, medicine and shelter to hundreds of Lebanese while Bushco rationalized the Isrealis’ indiscriminate bombing in Lebanon?

  21. 21.

    Svensker

    April 17, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Dennis – SGMM Says:

    Would that be the same Hamas whose civil arm provided food, medicine and shelter to hundreds of Lebanese while Bushco rationalized the Isrealis’ indiscriminate bombing in Lebanon?

    No, that was Hezballah.

  22. 22.

    DBrown

    April 17, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    The Hezballah that is supported by Iran? Oh no, that means Lebanon is helping Iraq special forces and nuclear bombs – I say we now invade Hawaii (both begin with an H and you know what that means)- besides the better weather, it is occupied by brown skin people who are heathens …

  23. 23.

    Soylent Green

    April 17, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    I say we now invade Hawaii (both begin with an H and you know what that means)- besides the better weather, it is occupied by brown skin people who are heathens …

    I understand it’s full of Obama supporters. Didn’t he attend a madrassa there when he was growing up?

  24. 24.

    binzinerator

    April 17, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    What’s sad is that Hamas, who benefits from GOP rule, seems to have a better grasp on how to manipulate our political system than most of us do.

    It’s not just sad. It’s kinda scary.

    They know how to manipulate our voters, especially conservatives, at least as well as Rove does. And it’s not just Hamas who knows how the Republican lizard brain works, remember bin Laden’s videotape rejection of Bush in 2004 just before the election? He essentially urged Americans to reject Bush which naturally made the Morans of America support him all the more. Robert Parry thinks this possibly tipped the election to Bush. “After the videotape appeared, senior CIA analysts concluded that ensuring a second term for Bush was precisely what bin Laden intended.”

    Of course the intended effect of Hamas’ Obama endorsement is the same: They want another 4 years of Bush. Or maybe more precisely they want 4 years of anyone but Obama. But I think McCain, who will easily hang Hillary with her ‘experience’ and ‘commander threshold’ rope, would be the one to deliver it.

    So yes, the terrorists seem to understand very well how our mouthbreathing goopers and extra-chromosome conservatives think. And that is something to fear. It has been arguably the most devastating weapon they have used against us.

    ***

    Now that I think about it, figuring out how to make dumbfuck Americans to vote against their own self-interest is pretty easy. Demagoguery is always the easy way. Our morans know what they want to believe regardless of repeated exposure to facts or reality and they’re always eager to ignore or distort any evidence that even has a slight possibility of challenging those beliefs.

    In other words, we ought not to fear so much the people who can manipulate these fools and cretins; it takes no special genius to do that. Rather, we ought to fear more the fools and cretins themselves. Their dumbfuckery has caused the senseless deaths of more people than these terrorists ever killed.

  25. 25.

    LiberalTarian

    April 17, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    You know, I used to respect my elders in the USA. When did they get so stupid (aka people who could be influenced by OBL to vote for GW Bush).

    I just don’t get it.

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